Reginald Griffin

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life
Years Imprisoned:	24
Year Crime:	1983
Year Convicted:	1988
Year Cleared:	2013
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Missouri
County or Region of Crime:	Randolph
City of Crime:	Moberly
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Reginald Griffin was wrongly convicted of fatally stabbing a fellow inmate in 1983 while he was imprisoned in Missouri for armed robbery. Griffin's conviction was overturned in 2011, he was released on bail in December 2012, and on October 25, 2013 the charges were dismissed when the prosecution announced there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed the crime."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Griffin's conviction was overturned in 2011, and on October 25, 2013 the charges were dismissed when the prosecution announced there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed the crime."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
Age When Imprisoned:	27
Age When Released:	52
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Griffin v Denny, No SC91112 (MO Sup Ct 8-2-2011)"
Information Location 1:	http://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=48248
Information Source 2:	"Reginald Griffin, Convicted Murderer, Gets Sentence Overturned -- 25 Years Later, By Sarah Fenske (staff), Riverfront Times (St Louis, MO), August 2, 2011"
Information Location 2:	http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/08/reginald_griffin_missouri_supreme_court.php
Information Source 3:	"Prosecutor's decision to drop murder charge makes former Mo. death row inmate a free man, By Bill Draper (AP writer), The Republic (Columbus, Indiana), October 30, 2013"
Information Location 3:	http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/788fb96bf0834c798124d7a99fbb49a1/US-Conviction-Overturned-Exoneration
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Reginald Griffin

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death and later resentenced or commuted to Life

Years Imprisoned:

24

Year Crime:

1983

Year Convicted:

1988

Year Cleared:

2013

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Missouri

County or Region of Crime:

Randolph

City of Crime:

Moberly

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Griffin's conviction was overturned in 2011, and on October 25, 2013 the charges were dismissed when the prosecution announced there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt he committed the crime."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

Age When Imprisoned:

27

Age When Released:

52

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Griffin v Denny, No SC91112 (MO Sup Ct 8-2-2011)"

Information Location 1:

http://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=48248

Information Source 2:

"Reginald Griffin, Convicted Murderer, Gets Sentence Overturned -- 25 Years Later, By Sarah Fenske (staff), Riverfront Times (St Louis, MO), August 2, 2011"

Information Location 2:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/08/reginald_griffin_missouri_supreme_court.php

Information Source 3:

"Prosecutor's decision to drop murder charge makes former Mo. death row inmate a free man, By Bill Draper (AP writer), The Republic (Columbus, Indiana), October 30, 2013"

Information Location 3:

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/788fb96bf0834c798124d7a99fbb49a1/US-Conviction-Overturned-Exoneration

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